WEBVTT LEAST A DOZEN GUNSHOTS.>> HOW, POW, POW.A LOT OF POLICE RUNNING AROUND.WE STILL DIDN'T KNOW WHAT WASGOING ON.WE HAD A LOT OF GUNSHOTS.REPORTER: AROUND 3:00 MONDAYMORNING, NEIGHBORS SAY THEY WOKEUP TO THE SOUND OF GUNSHOTS.>> IP DOWN AND SAW THE OFFICERS-- IP OUT AND SAW THE OFFICERS.THEY WERE CHASING SOMEONE.REPORTER: JEWEL BROCK AND HISWIFE HEARD THE SHOTS, JUMPED OUTOF BED AND HID IN THE CLOSET.>> SLEEP, WE HEARD ABARRAGE OF GUNFIRE.RAPID FIRE.WE REALIZED SOMETHING ELSE HADHAPPENED.REPORTER: KENTUCKY STATE POLICESAY FOUR TROOPERS SHOT ANDKILLED A SUSPECT WHO'D LEDOFFICERS FROM SEVERAL DIFFERENTAGENCIES ON A TWO-HOUR LONGCHASE THROUGH FOUR DIFFERENTCOUNTIES.POLICE SAY IT STARTED AROUND1:00 A.M. ON I-65 IN LOUISVILLE.>> THEY CALLED US AND SAID THEYWERE IN A PURSUIT ATTEMPTING TOSTOP A VEHICLE, AND THERE WERESHOTS TIRED.REPORTER: POLICE SAY THE LICENSEPLATES ON THE CAR THE MAN WASDRIVING WERE EXPIRED, AND THEWHEN OFFICERS TRIED TO STOP HIM,THEY SAY HE SHOT AT THEM, ANDTOOK OFF.POLICE SAY THE MAN HAD A RIFLEAND A HANDGUN, THEY BELIEVE HEWAS SHOOTING BOTH.>> IT GOT PRETTY BAD, PRETTYFAST, APPARENTLY.REPORTER: STATE POLICE SAY THATCHASE ENDED ON U.S. 150 INBARDSTOWN WHEN THE MAN JUMPEDOUT OF THE CAR, SHOOTING ATOFFICERS.>> IT SEEMS LIKE A COUPLE OFPOTS, AFTER THAT A BARRAGE OFFIRE.REPORTER: POLICE SAY TROOPERSFIRED BACK, SHOOTING AND KILLINGTHE MA>> 15 MINUTES LATER, WE HEARD AWHOLE BUNCH OF GUNSHOTS.AFTER THAT, NO MORE GUNSHOTS.REPORTER: AT THIS POINT, STATEPOLICE HAVE NOT RELEASED THENAME OF THE MAN WHO WAS KILLEDBY TROOPERTHEY HAVE ALSO NOT RELEASED THENAMES OF THE FOUR TROOPERSINVOLVED IN THE SHOOTING.REPORTING LIVE IN BARDSTOWN,EMILY MAHER, WLKY NEWS.VICKI: THANK YOU.STATE POLICE SAY TWO OF THETROOPERS PLACED ONADMINISTRATIVE DUTY ARE FROMPOST FOUR IN ELIZABETHTOWN.

Suspect who led Kentucky police on 2-hour chase shot, killed

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Updated: 9:05 PM EDT Jun 5, 2017

LOUISVILLE, Ky. —

A suspect was shot and killed by Kentucky State Police after leading officers on a two-hour chase through four counties.

Officials said police attempted a traffic stop in the southbound lanes of Interstate 65 downtown at 1:30 a.m. Monday.

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The driver refused to stop and instead fired at officers and then fled.

Police said the suspect had a rifle and a handgun, and they believe he was firing from both.

“They (Louisville Metro Police) called us and said they were in a pursuit,” said Kentucky State Trooper Jeff Gregory. “(They had) attempted to stop a vehicle, apparently, and there were some shots fired.”

Police said the license plates on the car the suspect was driving were expired.

Police said they also learned the car had been reported as stolen.

Officials said the suspect led police through Jefferson, Bullitt, Washington and Nelson counties with speeds reaching up to 95 mph.

The pursuit came to an end at Plaza Drive and U.S. 150 in Nelson County.

State police said the man got out of the car and shot at police before running into the woods.

“It seemed like a couple pops then it was a barrage of fire,” said Jewel Brock, who lives close to the woods and heard gunshots.

Brock said when he and his wife heard the shots, they jumped out of bed and hid in a closet.

“By the time we were about to go back to sleep, we (heard) another barrage of gunfire,” said Brock. “It’s a rapid fire and we realized something else had happened.”

State police said four troopers are on administrative duty, pending the results on an investigation.

Kentucky State Police troopers joined the pursuit with officers from several other police agencies.

"Everything is very preliminary at this time, as you can imagine,” said Gregory. “We have a team that is designated just for that, under the state police, and they're here working the scene right now and they'll get all that put together.”